by Nick Barratt
376 R Deacon, With My Little Eye (London, 1982), pp.226–227
377 TNA ref. KV 2/804
378 Ibid
379 Antrobus pp.226–227
380 Ibid p.189
381 TNA ref. KV 2/804
382 TNA ref. KV 2/2681
383 TNA ref. KV 2/814
384 Ibid
385 Ibid
386 Ibid
387 Ibid
388 Antrobus p.103
389 TNA ref. KV 2/808
390 Ibid
391 Ibid
392 Ibid
393 Ibid
394 Ibid
395 Ibid
396 Ibid
397 Antrobus pp.188–189
398 Family email correspondence
INDEX
(the initials EHO refer to Ernest Holloway Oldham, FO to Foreign Office)
Acland, Sir Francis 23, 262
Agabekov, Georges 134, 141–2
All Russian Cooperative Society (ARCOS) 112–13
Antrobus, George 27, 28, 68, 69, 79, 97, 107, 159–60, 178, 183, 257, 262, 269–70
departmental workings described by 83–9
on Hay 86
on King’s document request 95–6
on new Communications Department 83–4
Archer (née Sissmore), Jane 103, 142, 235, 253
report of 253
Armstrong, Harold 93–4, 96
Ataturk, Mustapha Kemel 94, 250
Atkinson, Sir Edmund 196–7
Austria-Hungary:
brought to account 78
excluded from peace conference 71
Serbia’s relations with 30
and WWI, see under World War I
Balfour, Arthur 62, 64, 65, 66, 73
on Council of Ten 71
Barratt, David 10–11
Barratt, George 11, 234
Barratt, Marjorie 11, 18, 234
Barratt, Michael 10–11, 234
Bazarov, Boris 144, 147, 149, 161, 164, 167–8, 173, 182, 183, 213, 237, 266
Bazhanov, Boris 134, 141
Belgium, and WWI, see under World War I
Bell, Tom 108–9
Bessedovsky, Gregori 133–6, 137–41, 144, 146, 157–9, 258, 267
Bindon, James 179–80, 185–9, 190, 209–10
Blunt, Anthony 248
Boddington, Herbert 112, 214–19
Bosnia and Herzegovina, annexation of 30
British Expeditionary Force 41
Bulgaria:
brought to account 78
excluded from peace conference 71
Burgess, Anthony 248, 265–6
Bystrolyotov, Dimitri (‘Perelly’, ‘Galleni’) 144–5, 147–51, 161–5, 166–70 passim, 174–8 passim, 181–3, 191, 193–5, 198–9, 212, 213–14, 231, 232, 238–40, 241, 253, 261, 263
in Archer report 255–6
death of 266
and EHO, see Bystrolyotov, Dimitri
on EHO’s death 233
imprisoned 266
and Lucy 162–3, 164–5, 166–7, 175–6, 193–5
UK passport for 172–3
Cairncross, John 248
Cambon, Paul 61
Cambridge spy ring 248, 267
Campbell, John 106, 109
Canning, Supt Albert 203–4, 207, 224
Cant, Ernie 109
Cecil, Lord 61
Chamberlain, Sir Austin 111
Clemenceau, Georges 62, 63, 70, 76
Comintern 101, 106, 203
Communism (see also Comintern; Russia):
alliances as counterweight to 94
post-WWI states’ concern over 94
Communist Party of Great Britain 101, 106
infiltrated 216
MI5 raids 108
Cooper, Duff 107
Cotesworth, Ralph 108, 161, 208
Cromie, Capt. Francis 103
Crowe, Sir Eyre 23, 27, 33, 72, 104–5
Curzon, Lord 64, 102, 105, 211
Czechoslovakia 94
de Bunsen, Sir Maurice 65
de la Chapelle, Octave, Count 115, 126–9, 157
de la Chapelle, Rachel 115, 126, 128, 159
de Ry, Giovanni 148, 157
Deutsch, Arnold 247, 248
Draitser, Emil 144, 266
Drummond, Sir Eric 104, 105
Dunderdale, Wilfred 134, 138–9
Eastwood, Harold 107–8, 165, 188, 192, 208
Everett, Lt Cdr William 115, 124–6, 211
Foreign Office (FO):
Antrobus’s descriptions of workings of 83–9
basement bar in (‘Mine’) 159
Diplomatic Service merged with 28
EHO enters 21–2, 23
and EHO fallout 235
EHO’s post-dismissal visits to 178–81, 183–9, 192
further Soviet recruitment from 241–52, 260–1
global reach of 23
increased security at 204, 236, 257
and miners’ strike 109–11
Political Intelligence Department established in 62
and public schools 27–8
Room 22 in 12, 84–6, 180
spy fears within 44
structure of 23–8, 81
and WWI, events leading up to 29–30, 32
France:
and post-WWI peace process, see Paris Peace Conference
and WWI, see under World War I
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 29–31
Franz Joseph, Emperor 31
Gaselee, Stephen 69
General Strike 109
George V 95, 109
Germany:
enters League of Nations 108
excluded from peace conference 71
Hitler becomes Chancellor of 178
peace conference terms put to 75–7
and reparation 76, 169, 172
Weimar Republic established in 100
withdraws from League of Nations 237
and WWI, see under World War I
Glass, Ann 261–2, 263, 264
Goff, Sir Park 44
Goschen, Sir Edward 34, 38
Government Telegraph Code 107
Grey, Lord (Edward) 23, 31, 32, 33–4, 211
Gritton, John 27, 130
Hadfield 14
Haig, Fld Mshl Douglas 57
Hankey, Maurice 63
Hardinge, Lord 62, 64, 71, 73, 81
Harker, Jasper 112, 141, 190, 196, 199–201, 202–3, 205, 208, 209, 210, 214, 223–4, 253
Harvey, Capt. John 242, 243, 245, 260
Hay, Algernon 86
Headlam-Morley, James 62, 72, 76
Helfand, Leon 138, 140–1, 144–5, 154, 258–9
Henderson, Arthur 142
Henderson, Sir Neville 250
Hilbery, Clarence 187–8, 190
Hill, Capt. George 103
Hitler, Adolf 170, 171, 178, 237, 241, 245, 250
Hollis, Roger 259
Holloway, Alfred ‘Ern’ 14, 20, 130
Holloway, Caroline 15–16
Holloway, Henry Jr 20, 112, 204–5
Holloway, Henry Sr 15–16
Holloway, Rosina 16, 17
Holloway, William 20
Hoover, Herbert 101, 119–22, 130, 155, 169
Hungarian Soviet Republic 94, 100
Hunter, Herbert 203, 207, 220, 225, 227–31 passim
Ianovich, Vladimir 133, 135–8, 145–6, 157–8
Inkpin, Albert 108
Intelligence Corps 55–6
Italy, and post-WWI peace process, see Paris Peace Conference
Jane, Sgt Charles 113
Japan, and post-WWI peace process, see Paris Peace Conference
Jesser-Davies, Charles 178, 211, 228–9
Kayser, Heinrich 115–17, 118–19, 122–3
death of 122
Kell, Sir Vernon 44, 103, 104, 190, 200, 221
Kemp, Thomas 111, 167, 175, 178, 181, 184, 186, 189, 194–6, 198–9, 208, 211–12, 231, 237, 261–4, 268
Lucy visited by 238–9
&n
bsp; retires 266
King, John 243–51, 256, 270
Kitchener, Lord 41
Krivitsky, Walter 235, 247, 249, 252–3, 256, 257, 258
League of Nations 61, 70, 71, 104–5, 150
FO antipathy towards 81
Germany admitted to 108
Germany withdraws from 237
USSR admitted to 241
Lenin, Vladimir 51, 101–2, 103, 105
Leppin, Dr Joseph (‘PEEP’) 148, 149, 167–8
Levine, Isaac 249, 266
Lichnowsky, Prince Karl Max 32, 33, 34–5
Liddell, Guy 142, 249, 256
Littlewood, George 16
Littlewood, Harry 16
Littlewood, Maud 16
Litvinov, Maxim 103
Lloyd George, David 62, 63, 70, 76
on Council of Ten 71
snap election called by 68
Locarno Treaty 108
Lockheart, Robert 103
MacDonald, Ramsay 105, 106, 107, 170–2
Maclean, Donald 248, 258, 265–6
MacManus, Arthur 106, 109
Mally, Theodor 167–8, 182, 241–3, 247, 248, 266
Menzies, Maj. Stewart 64, 106
MI5 103–4
ARCOS raided by 112–13
Communist Party HQ raided by 108
EHO monitored by, see under Oldham, Ernest Holloway
phone taps by 193–4, 198, 202, 204–5, 207, 212
precursor of 44
MI6 (SIS) 64, 81, 103, 106
ARCOS raided by 112–13
and Bessedovsky 140–1
and Pieck 250
precursor of 44
miners’ strike 109–11
Montgomery, Hubert 107, 162
Morton, Desmond 103, 106, 216
Mussolini, Benito 178
Nicholas II, Tsar 51, 99
Nicolson, Sir Arthur 23
Nicolson, Harold 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77
on conference entertainment 74
Nicolson, Henry 34–5
Norton, Clifford 196, 197, 200, 203
Oake, Raymond 97, 178, 210–11, 239, 242–3, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 260–1, 267
Oldham, Carrie 13–14, 15–18
Oldham, Ernest Holloway 173
academic abilities of 21
and alcohol 159–61, 162–4, 168, 173–5, 177, 181, 191, 219, 231, 256
Archer’s report on 253
army joined by 46–7
birth of 13–14
and Bystrolyotov, see Bystrolyotov, Dimitri
as ‘Charlie Scott’ 141, 144–51
passim, 156–7, 173
civil service calls up 21
civil service exam taken by 20–1
club membership of 111–12
Constantinople visit by 89–94
consular service rejects 80–1
dismissal of 174–5
estate of 240
flees UK 203–4
FO entered by 21–2
and FO key impression 184–90, 192, 255
FO roles of 81, 130, 153
influence enjoyed by 89, 97
inquest on 11, 233–4
intelligence role sought by 55–6, 156
investments of 154–5, 162
joins regiment in France 49
and King’s document request 95–6
linguistic skills of 80
and Locarno Treaty 108
London–Dieppe journeys of 96
Lucy marries 115–16, 126
MI5 closes case on 235
MI5 locates 213
MI5 monitors 190–1, 196, 198, 201, 202–3, 205, 207–9, 212–13
MI5’s increased surveillance of 214–15, 217–30
military recruitment of 42–3
money problems of 154–6, 167, 174, 191, 222, 227
officer training of 48–9
Paris Peace Conference (q.v.) role of 65, 66–7
and passports 94, 167
in phone taps 198, 202
plots to leave UK 201–3
post-WWI return of, to FO 64–5
release of MI5 file on 11
in Romania 94
at school 19–20
and security tightening 107
sensitive FO journeys of 96
sickness absences of 139, 159, 160–1, 165, 174
and stolen codes, see under USSR
suicide of 9, 230, 232–3
suitcase contents of 222–3
temporary commission granted to 49
and trenches, first experience of 49
UK return of 207–8
USSR’s reliance on 241, 247, 268
and WWI explosion 59
Oldham, Frank 13, 14–15, 17, 19
Oldham, Kathleen 18
Oldham, Lowe 14
Oldham, Lucy 115–23 passim, 129–30, 154–5, 175, 181, 182, 191–2, 231, 258
and Bystrolyotov 162–3, 164–5, 166–7, 175–6, 193–5, 238, 239
death of 264–5
divorce sought by 182–3
EHO marries 115–16, 126
and EHO’s drinking 177
and EHO’s estate 240
and FO investigation 237–9
hard-to-fathom role of 269
inheritance of 123, 154, 210
marital home quit by 207
and OGPU 240–1
in phone taps 193–4, 198, 202, 204–5
Orlov, Alexander 247, 249, 253
Ottaway, John 112, 190, 191, 192, 201, 208, 213, 223, 224
Ottoman Empire 71, 78
Padfield 14
Paris Peace Conference 62–77
entertainment during 74–5 Germany hears terms of 75–7
main powers dominate 70
terms emerge from 75–7
Parker, Alwyn 62, 63, 66, 67, 75
Paton, Alexander 65–6
Penson, Sir Henry 63–4, 68
Philby, Kim 248, 258
Pieck, Henri 148, 241–5 passim, 247, 248–9, 250–2, 259, 260
Pollitt, Harry 109
Princip, Gavrilo 29
Quarry, Maj. Francis 249, 251–2, 267
Rawlinson, Gen. Sir Henry 39, 57
Reilly, Sidney 103
Reiss, Ignace 248–9
Roberts, Charles 179–81, 187, 190
Robertson, Thomas (‘TAR’) 214–15, 217–22
Robinson, William 66
Romania 94, 127, 158–9
Rowan, Dr Henry 165–6, 181, 191
Rushton, Jane 16
Russia 99–103
civil war in 100, 101
impact of revolutions in 99
Lenin sweeps to power in 51
and WWI, see under World War I
Rust, Bill 109
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), see MI6
Secret Service Bureau 44
Serbia:
Austria-Hungary’s relations with 30
and WWI, see under World War I
Sèvres, Treaty of 78, 96
Simon, Sir John 23, 173, 245
Sinclair, Sir Hugh 203
Skinner, Thomas 47–8
Slutsky, Abram 148, 166, 266
Smith-Cumming, Cdr Mansfield 44, 103
Smith, Howard 107, 196, 197, 236
Smuts, Gen. Jan 62
Special Branch 44, 64, 113, 142, 200, 267
Spencer, Jessie 64
Spender, John 33
Stalin, Joseph 113, 134, 143, 248
power transfers to 105
Stanforth, Anthony 270–1
Stanley, Edward 39
Thomson, Sir Basil 64, 68, 103–4
Tilley, Sir John 23–4, 28, 40, 43, 45, 48, 80
on new Communications Department 83
and WWI, events leading up to 29–30, 34
Times, on Paris Peace Conference 74–5
Trades Union Congress (TUC) 109, 140
Triple Entente 31, 52, 99
Turkish War of Independence 104
Tyrrell, William 62, 134
UK, and post-WW
I peace process, see Paris Peace Conference
United States, and post-WWI peace process, see Paris Peace Conference
USSR (see also Russia; individual agents/officials):
creation of 102
EHO’s importance to 168
enters League of Nations 241
further FO recruitment by 241–52, 260–1
infiltration by 112
OGPU in 102, 134–5, 137, 143, 161, 168, 174, 182, 183, 214, 233, 240, 253–4
and stolen codes 137–51 passim, 153, 156–8, 168, 183–4
UK recognises 105
UK university recruitment by 248
UK’s diplomatic relations with 113, 135
van Ginhoven, Insp. Hubert 113
Vansittart, Sir Robert 69, 182, 197, 203, 208, 239, 250
Versailles, Treaty of 77, 100, 169, 245 (see also Paris Peace Conference)
Vivian, Maj. Valentine 203, 249, 250, 251–2, 267
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Graf 76
Watson, Nigel 209, 211, 212, 223, 224, 225–7, 229–30
Weinstein, Erica (‘ERIKA’) 148, 149, 150, 167–8
Wellsted, Allen 120
Wellsted, Herbert 120
Wellsted, James 122, 166, 264–5
Wellsted, Thomas Arthur 115, 123–4, 129, 154, 192, 193, 266
marriage of 161
Wellsted, Thomas Wilhelm 119–23
death of 122
Wellsted, Yolande 160–1, 167, 192, 193
Wheeler-Holohan, Victor 26, 39–40, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 30
Wilson, Woodrow 70, 99
‘Fourteen points’ articulated by 61–2
World War I 29–60
Amiens 56
begins 35, 38
Central Powers brought to account after 78 (see also Paris Peace Conference)
and conscription 42–3
ends 59 (see also Paris Peace Conference)
Épehy 57
events leading up to 29–34
Frontiers, Battle of 41
German POWs taken in 55
Havrincourt 57
horrific losses in 55
Hundred Day Offensive 56
Marne 55–6
Mons, Battle of 41
Operation Michael 51, 52
peace process after, see Paris
Peace Conference
Somme 39, 50, 52, 56
Ypres 49
Zinoviev, Grigori 99, 106, 134, 216
Oldham’s personal passport photo (Courtesy of The National Archives).
Hotel Majestic, Paris (Courtesy of Getty Images).
Hotel Beau-Rivage, Geneva (Courtesy of Getty Images).
Oldham’s house, 31 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington c.1974 (Courtesy of Survey of London/London Metropolitan Archives/British History Online).
(From left to right) Oldham, his stepson James Raymond Wellsted, and ‘Brand’ c.1926 (Courtesy of The National Archives).
Oldham’s stepson James Raymond Wellsted.
‘Brand’.
